Cabinet acquired the Fort Road Hotel by Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) in 2010. In 2015 Cabinet allocated funding for the redevelopment of the building as affordable housing. Compensation for the CPO is now resolved and it is an appropriate time to review the potential options for the future of the building. The options considered were to:
The council’s new build programme provides better value for money in the delivery of new affordable homes.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 09/08/2017
Decision due: 3 Oct 2017 by Cabinet
Lead member: Councillor Lin Fairbrass, Opposition Deputy Group Leader and Spokesperson for Housing and Safer Neighbourhoods cllr-lin.fairbrass@thanet.gov.uk
Lead director: Robert Kenyon
Contact: Bob Porter, Director of Place Tel: 01843 577006 Email: bob.porter@thanet.gov.uk.
What the decision will mean: Report to consider options and recommendation for the Fort Road Hotel, Margate